Val Hull

Val Hull

Resident role-playing RPG game expert. Knows where trolls and paladins come from. You must fight for your right to gather your party before venturing forth.
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A Tree Grows in New Atlantis – Starfield Mission

When exploring the city of New Atlantis, you’ll probably be impressed by its robust, well-maintained greenery. But since these are, after all, alien plants, they’ll hold their share of secrets and potential scientific discoveries. This quest is a first in…

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Builds – Starfield

Builds are all about excelling at interesting parts of the game, and Starfield comes with quite a variety: be it piloting spaceships, exploring planets, crafting, upgrading, & building, persuading & manipulating, going all out with physique or guns, or making…

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The High Crusader Ronin Build – Starfield

Starfield is a sci-fi RPG, and as such it has no shortage of ray guns and spaceships. But if you don’t trust all that newfangled technology and instead prefer to rely on a strong sword arm and your stalwart faith,…

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The Former Model Diplomat Build – Starfield

In a game like Starfield, it’s understandable to want to play as an explorer, a cowboy, or a pirate. But what if you want to be a people person? Someone good at leading your followers from behind and avoiding conflict…

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The Outlaw Cyber Runner Build – Starfield

In a game like Starfield, the space cowboy archetype is hard to ignore. And on the opposite side of that coin are space outlaws. Just as dashing and quick on the draw, but more accustomed to breaking the law than…

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Surveying Kreet – Starfield

Kreet is the first planet (moon, technically) you visit in Starfield after completing the intro section. And while still a part of the game’s guided tutorial, Kreet is already open enough to let you engage in some exploration and familiarize…

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The Marshal Soldier Build – Starfield

Starfield is a game about exploring the final frontier. And where there’s a frontier, there are the rugged frontiersmen. In an interstellar setting, these frontiersmen take the shape of space cowboys. If you want to play a space cowboy in…

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How to Use Persuasion – Starfield

The art of persuasion is an important aspect of most RPGs, and Starfield is no exception. And since instead of a straightforward skill check, Starfield’s persuasion system is presented as a minigame of sorts, this guide will help you better…